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It would only be good for the programmers who kiss the ring and the already priviledged. It will screw over everyone else. I will never ever support an organiz
by stale2002 8y ago
It would only be good for the programmers who kiss the ring and the already priviledged. It will screw over everyone else.
I will never ever support an organization that puts up artificial barriers to what is currently a very open work industry.
I would join the group just to sabotage it if they tried to keep out bootcampers or people without a CS degree. Anyone should be allowed to program.
- ForHackernews 8y agoIMO, there should professional licensing gated by an exam, similar to the accounting or actuarial professions. Anyone who can pass the exams gets in. But the flip side of being a real profession is you're liable if you store passwords in plaintext.
- llampx 8y agoOn the other hand, they are the reason a doctor or lawyer trained in India can not come to the US and directly start practicing, aside from the Indian lawyer not knowing US law, which they could potentially learn just as they learn java. No negative sentiment implied here. I am an immigrant myself.